Dave Pawson <> wrote on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:49:51
+0100:
> http://www.antennahouse.com/product/mathml.htm
>
> Nikolai has http://www.grigoriev.ru/svgmath/
>
> I.e. mathml to SVG, then incorporate the SVG into docbook/fo
There is also Apache FOP with the JEuclid FOP plugin.
I have used both methods; both have minor quirks but are pretty usable
and give satisfactory results for all of my current needs. I currently
prefer the latter, as it requires fewer processing steps than svgmath.
Then there is my own baby, http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmml2svg/,
which seeks to provide an XSLT-only solution by converting MathML to
SVG (for non-Gecko Web browsers, FOP without JEuclid, inkscape etc.).
It is currently working as a proof of concept, and I have a student
working on it, hoping to make it an attractive alternative by summer
2009.
> AFAIK there is no 'recommended' way to get mathml (either kind)
> embedded into docbook... yet.
Yep. What I do is:
- type individual variables and very short equations directly as
mathml
- type more lengthy math in LaTeX syntax into <textobject role="tex">
directly into the docbook source, followed by a
<textobject role="html">
<xi:include href="texmath/whatever.xml"/>
</textobject>
I have makefile-triggered scripts that create the whatever.xml using
a standalone TeX-to-MathML converter.
To reduce typing to a minimum, I use emacs-lisp code to create the
docbook math environments (<[inline]equation> and subtrees).
This setup works very efficiently for me now, but takes some setting
up.
Justus
